When former Vermont coach Mike Gilligan thinks about two of his favorite former players, Lightning wing Marty St. Louis and Bruins goalie Tim Thomas, plenty of similarities between the two come to mind, according to the St. Petersburg Times. They are cut from the same competitive cloth: battlers who had to overcome the odds and "labor through a lot of organizations that weren't believing in them in the early going," Gilligan said. Read the full report on tampabay.com